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Woman Drowns On Dauphin Island
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WKRG Staff
Published: Sat, May 24, 2008 - 10:50 pm
According to Gulf Shores Police, a lifeguard working at the Gulf State Park public beach pulled George Burnett from the water around 4:00pm Saturday afternoon.
He was taken to South Baldwin Regional Medical Center by Medstar ambulance where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities in Gulf Shores say lifeguards rescued 5 swimmers from the rough waters. Beachgoers were venturing into the water, despite the red flags which were flying to warn people of the dangerous conditions.
The U.S. Coast Guard was called on to pull 6 swimmers from the waters off Dauphin Island.
According to a Coast Guard spokesman, two swimmers got into trouble near the Dauphin Island Pier. Four people jumped into the water to try and rescue them, but were dragged away from the shore by the strong rip current.
The Coast Guard was called and a 25-foot rescue boat arrived 15 minutes later and pulled all 6 swimmers safely from the water.
For more information on rip currents and how to survive them, click here.
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OMG I am so sorry to hear this. We were right in this immediate area until just before 4pm and we left. As a matter of fact, we met the ambulance but had no idea. The rip current and the under tow were tough all afternoon. It is such a tragedy and a horrible way to start out the summer season. God Bless his family during this traggic time.